art los angeles contemporary

Although they traffic in the rarified world of high culture, art dealers are essentially shopkeepers. In this sense, they have more in common with, say, car salespeople than with curators. This comparison was brought to life Thursday night at the opening of Art Los Angeles Contemporary, where the person manning Tif Sigfrids’ booth literally was a […]

The art-fair-whose-name-nobody-can-remember (a.k.a. “the Barker Hangar fair”; a.k.a. Art Los Angeles Contemporary) is going on this weekend! If you missed the opening, with its lung-searing recreation of a 1968 Judy Chicago dry ice environment, there’s still plenty to see. It’s a manageable fair, size-wise, and for the most part very good. An informal survey of […]